Chapter 17 Verses 1- 13 Read the Bible verses. Jesus, Peter, James and John went up on a mountain. On the mountain top a special thing happened. Jesus’ face began to shine like the sun. His clothes were shinning white. Moses and Elijah came down from heaven and were there and talked with Jesus. Peter
Chapter 16 Verses 1- 4 Read the Bible verses. The Pharisees and Sadducees were two groups of Jewish leaders. When it says that they tempted Jesus to show them a sign, it means they tried to test Jesus. Jesus said he was the Son of God. So they wanted him to give them a sign
Chapter 15 Verses 1-20 Read the Bible verses The Jewish church leaders wanted to know why the disciples did not follow the Jewish rules. Jewish traditions were acts and behaviors that the Jews did to act holy. Most of these rules were made by the Jewish leaders. They were not the laws of God. There
Chapter 14 Verses 1-12 Read the Bible verses John the Baptist was killed. King Herod had put John in prison. Herod was angry with John. John had told Herod that his marriage to his brother’s wife was wrong. Herod did not like to be told that. Herod’s wife had a birthday party. Her daughter danced.
Chapter 13 Verses 1-9 Read the Bible verses A sower is a person who throws seed. He does not make a hole in the dirt and put seeds in it. He has a big bag of seed. He takes a handful and as he walks over the ground (field) he throws the seed in a
Chapter 12 Verses 1-14 Read the Bible verses The disciples were hungry and they were picking grains off of the wheat stems as they walked along on the Sabbath day. The Sabbath is Saturday and it was the day the Jews kept for a holy day of rest. A Jewish leader saw them and said
Chapter 11 verses 1-6 Read the Bible verses John the Baptist had been in prison. King Herod put him in prison because he was angry about some things John said. John heard about the wonderful things that Jesus was doing. So he sent his friends to ask Jesus if he really was the Messiah. Jesus
Chapter 10 Verses 1-4 Read the Bible verses This is a list of the 12 disciples. A disciple is a person who learns from another. Jesus gave the 12 disciples power to cast out evil spirits and to heal. Chapter 10 verses 5-15 Read the Bible verses Jesus told them to go and to preach
Chapter 9 verses 1-8 Read the Bible verses Jesus met a man who was paralyzed (could not walk or move part of his body). Jesus said to the man, “Your sins are forgiven.” The religious leaders thought that was blasphemy (speaking against God) for Jesus to say such a thing. Jesus said that it was
Chapter 8 verses 1-4 Read the Bible verses Leprosy was a skin disease (sickness). In Bible times there was no medicine for it. Leprosy sores made the skin fall off. Fingers and toes fell off. Noses on the faces were gone. In the end the whole body was eaten away. No one wanted to be